Warframe: A Complete Guide To The Steel Path
Warframe is no stranger to game modes. Dozens of mission types, dailies, and alerts provide a great deal of variety to the game's core space looter shooter rhythm. Out of all of these unique modes, Steel Path is the most interesting, acting as a sort of New Game Plus for veteran players.
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Originally pitched as "Hard Mode" for Warframe, Steel Path is a difficulty setting that makes the Star Chart substantially harder, tuned for an endgame player's arsenal of multi-Forma weapons and Warframes. Completing the Steel Path can be arduous, but the rewards available are more than worth the trouble. Here is a complete guide to Warframe's Steel Path mode.
The Steel Path is Warframe's version of New Game Plus. Toggled from the Star Chart menu, Steel Path is a drastically harder version of the standard Star Chart that comes with its own daily missions, Acolyte minibosses, and dedicated rewards. These modifiers are active while Steel Path difficulty is toggled on:
Additionally, Steel Path missions also contain a new miniboss type: Acolytes. These enemies are variants of the Shadow Stalker that use certain Warframe abilities and weapons. Acolytes spawn every five minutes in Steel Path missions. You won't find Acolytes in Archwing or Assassination nodes. Defeating an Acolyte drops a Weapon Arcane and two Steel Essence, a currency type exclusive to this difficulty mode.
Steel Path only affects core Star Chart missions and daily Incursions. You cannot toggle the Steel Path for Sorties, Fissures, Syndicate dailies, Nightmare missions, Sanctuary Onslaught, Alerts, or Railjack.
The Steel Path has plenty of unique endgame rewards, notably Weapon Arcanes. Acolyte enemies that spawn in the
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